Charity News & Updates
- 19th September 2019
The event organised by the Rotary Club of Exmouth & District for the Avocet Learning Trust was sponsored by W2 Estates and the money raised will go towards the trust's plan's to build a new Educational Centre for vulnerable children in the community.
- 23rd April 2019
A local Exeter charity is celebrating after making a successful bid for funding from Nationwide Building Society for its work to support housing in the area.
- 10th April 2019
Set yourself the ultimate challenge this May by swimming the length of your favourite coastline whilst raising money for the RNLI.
- 5th February 2019
Funding delivered by Co-op Foundation through Building Connections Fund Youth strand
- 21st December 2018
Lifesaving volunteer charity BASICS Devon, have been kindly donated vital Ordnance Survey mapping licences by ViewRanger for each of their 14 volunteer responders.
Young patient Harry Tansley, who was airlifted by Devon Air Ambulance two years ago will feature with the Charity in prime time morning BBC series.
At Christmas back in 2016, young Harry was enjoying the festive break scooting along Exmouth seafront with his dad, older brother and a friend, when he lost his balance on his scooter and fell, hitting his throat against the handle bar.
- 13th December 2018
What do zoo gardeners get each other for Christmas? A plant, of course – but not just any old plant. Gardeners at Paignton Zoo in Devon have given their colleagues at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire a Titan arum – one of the largest and smelliest plants in the world.
The League of Friends in Newton Abbot Community Hospital kindly donated an amazing £3790 to local charity BASICS Devon to purchase 2 x capnotrue monitors, a vital piece of emergency medical equipment for their volunteer responders.
- 10th December 2018
How many people does it take to change 400 light bulbs? One - Pete Morgan.
Pete is the Environmental Officer for the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, the charity that runs Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall.
- 29th November 2018
Local charity BASICS Devon, with the help of Webselect Internet, have launched a new website to help promote their volunteer emergency services and training.
The new website will connect people to resources to understand what BASICS Devon do, to get involved to support them, but more importantly to access training that could one day help save a life.